Archive for November, 2007

Great post on good economic news by Captain Ed

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

Good economic news being ignored  by the mainstream media despite all the facts amply provided to them.

Youths in France on shooting spree targeting policeman

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

VILLIERS-LE-BEL, France - Youths rampaged for a third night in the tough suburbs north of Paris and violence spread to a southern city late Tuesday as police struggled to contain rioters who have burned cars and buildings and — in an ominous turn — shot at officers.
Hattip - MichelleMalkin

Google gives up IP address of anonymous blogger after court ruling

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

In an unprecedented move, Google Inc. (Nasdaq:GOOG) has agreed to supply the IP address of an Israeli blogger who used “Google Blogger” for a blog in which he slandered Shaarei Tikva council members running for reelection. This action was taken by Google after a court ruling but before receiving a court mandate […]

Ahmadinejad offers to be an observer at US presidential election

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

. . . even though he opposes observers at Iranian elections.
“If the White House officials allow us to be present as an observer in their presidential election we will see whether people in their country are going to vote for them again or not, ” said Ahmadinejad.
Ahmadinejad is also apparently not aware that our constitution […]

Lebanon in Crisis

Sunday, November 25th, 2007

Hezbollah is exploiting the tense political deadlock in Beirut to recruit thousands of new fighters.
TearsForLebanon reports:
The Lebanese capital, Beirut, was calm this morning despite a major political vacuum following the departure of President Emile Lahoud last night.Mr Lahoud’s termended at midnight, but the parliament has been unable to elect asuccessor due to bitter rivalries between […]

Unpardonable Yen

Saturday, November 24th, 2007

Senator Clinton has had some serious problems with her fundraising. The problem is obviously not that she isn’t raising enough. The problem is the questionable nature of some of her donors.
Three recipients of controversial 11th-hour pardons issued by former President Bill Clinton in January 2001 have donated thousands of dollars to the presidential […]